Survey of Ski Law in the United States
by James H. Chalat
To read cases specific to a particular state, click the state name, above.
MISSOURI - 2006
No ski safety act.
Cases
Bennett v. Hidden Valley Golf and Ski, Inc., 318 F.3d 868 (8th Cir. 2003) upheld a jury instruction directing them to find for the ski area operator if slope conditions causing injury were "inherent risks" of skiing at time of injury. The court in Lewis v. Snow Creek, Inc., 6 S.W.3d 38 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999) rejected a form waiver as an express assumption of risk based on the circumstances surrounding its execution (in equipment rental line), and identifying as a question of fact precluding summary judgment whether ice conditions on ski run were an "inherent risk."
